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Dive into the romanticized historical journey of the imaginary figure Don Sebastian, inspired by the intriguing tale of a commemorated Portuguese stranger. While the backdrop is historical, the thrilling narrative and captivating characters are purely products of the authors creative genius. - Narrated by Lynne T.

Who are we? Or perhaps more accurately, why are we who we are? That depends on whom you ask, but most people will agree that our identity is largely determined by our experiences. This includes personal highlights, such as first love, but also personal crises and dealing with our deepest fears. Basically, what matters most to our personal journey through life is the strategies we use to master such very special challenges in the first place.

History offers few records of war as vivid, haunting, and evocative as Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front. As enthralling to twenty-first century audiences as it was to those who first encountered the book in 1928, Remarque’s landmark tells the story of a young German volunteer who, with his comrades, moves from idealism to fatalism witnessing the horrors of mass killing and the intimate deaths of friends or the disfiguring survival of young men languishing in field hospitals.

These four novels remain classics 100 years after they were published. They not only shaped the literature of the 20th century, but they altered our views of life and reality—and what can and cannot be written about. These novels—all written a century ago—remain gripping and unforgettable. These audio versions bring their powerful narratives vividly to life for the modern listener.

They call her America’s sweetheart. And me? I’m the so-called “inked god” she dumped on TV. I’ve tried to forget her. I’ve tried to move on. Until I discover that her family is opening a new restaurant next to my tattoo parlor.

I’ve never felt welcome in my husband Dominic’s family home. His parents make it clear I’m a poor comparison to his perfect first wife, Carla. But we’re here for Christmas, so it’s important to pretend everything is fine. Until Dominic’s mother bustles into our bedroom. Smiling thinly, she blindsides me: ‘You won’t mind, will you. Carla is coming for the holidays. She’s still one of the family to us, and she can’t get home because of the storm.’ My eyes widen—did she and Carla plan this on purpose? I know Dominic won’t say a thing. He never stands up to his parents.

For PR guru-turned-advice-columnist Waverly Bryson, life is pretty sweet. She has an amazing job, a devoted boyfriend, and the best friends a girl could hope for. Things couldn’t possibly be better - or so she thinks - until she receives an offer to turn her popular advice column into a regular guest spot on national television. The new gig means moving cross-country to New York to work for a woman who can’t stand her, not to mention leaving her best friends, Andie and McKenna, behind while still missing her already-too-long-distance boyfriend, Jake.

Ti ha lasciato senza un perché e ora ti pare che nulla abbia più senso? La tua vita di coppia è una gabbia e non sai come uscirne? Perché "collezioni" partner che si rivelano, puntualmente, la persona sbagliata per te? È possibile stare bene ed essere pienamente appagati anche da single? Spesso i rapporti di coppia, anche quelli nati con folgorante passione e farfalle allo stomaco, si logorano e ti mettono in crisi.

Ich bin deine brennende Königin. Dein Hass konnte mein Feuer nicht auslöschen. Deine Rache wurde zu meiner Rache, dein Schmerz zu meinem Schmerz. Ich habe es dir geschworen. Ich habe dir mein Leben geschenkt und du mir meine Freiheit. Wir sind die Kugeln in einer Waffe. Und das Herz meines Bruders ist unser Ziel. Jetzt holen wir uns zurück, was uns gehört. Jetzt kämpfen wir miteinander, nicht gegeneinander. Wir werden die Welt auslöschen. Wir werden siegen. Denn ich bin dein dunkles Licht. Und wenn ich strahle, werden sie blind.

Cosa succede, nella mente del bambino, dalla nascita ai sei anni di età? Cosa guida, nello specifico, lo sviluppo di una coscienza propria, a conclusione della cosiddetta fase di "gestazione spirituale"?

Nel suo ultimo libro - pubblicato da Maria Montessori nel 1952 - la grande pedagogista prende le mosse dalla biologia e analizza quel lungo processo che conduce il bambino a diventare un individuo a sé stante. È l'epopea di quella che l’autrice chiama "mente assorbente", ovvero la più grande specificità dell’infanzia.

Ein überreiches Potpourri deutscher Literatur erwartet die Hörerschaft, mit Meisterwerken aus vielen Jahrhunderten. Die vorliegenden zwanzig Erzählungen, Novellen oder Geschichten künden vor allem von der Freude am Erzählen. Mit dabei: Joseph Roth (Stationschef Fallmerayer), Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (Krambambuli), Wolfgang Borchert (Die Hundeblume), Kurt Tucholsky (In der Hotelhalle), Friedrich Glauser (Verhör), A.J. Mordtmann (Der Untergang der Carnatic), Franz Kafka (Blumfeld, ein älterer Junggeselle), Johann Peter Hebel (Unverhofftes Wiedersehen), Wilhelm Hauff (Das kalte Herz).

Es ist der Morgen nach dem großen Austernfest. Kommissarin Karen Eiken Hornby, Ende 40, wacht betrunken neben ihrem arroganten Chef in einem Hotelzimmer auf. Etwa zur gleichen Zeit wird eine Frau brutal in ihrem Haus erschlagen. Das Opfer ist ausgerechnet die Ex-Frau des Mannes, mit dem Hornby gerade die Nacht verbracht hat. Ihr Chef kann den Fall nicht übernehmen, da er zu den potenziellen Verdächtigen gehört. Hornby wittert eine große Chance - sie soll den Fall übernehmen und kann endlich zeigen, dass sie mehr drauf hat. Zuvor muss sie jedoch noch ein anderes Alibi für ihren Chef finden.

He always gets what he wants, and the football god next door wants me...I had it all. The Super Bowl rings. The hot shot TV gig. Then I got fired. Now I’m living in middle-of-nowhere Maine, playing assistant coach to the woman of my nightmares. Did I mention that she and her son are my new neighbors? If you talk to the locals, they’ll tell you Aspen Levi is the queen of high school football. But if you ask me, my new head coach is a pain in my left nut sac.

Tarot has always been a powerful guide for introspection and inner work, so what better tool to use when we're ready to do the really hard work? Author Maria Minnis takes a radical new look at the Major Arcana in this tarot workbook, which provides listeners a unique, personal understanding of systemic racism—and what steps we can take to begin to dismantle it. This book says tarot can be a tool for action, one that may offer great satisfaction as well as great difficulty, all while pushing you out of your comfort zone.

Nadie se ha muerto de vergüenza, pero muchos han dejado de vivido por ella.

Welcome to Affairs of the Heart — a podcast about life, love, and the deep connections that shape us. Hosted by two friends who feel like they've known each other forever, we invite you into honest conversations about the things that matter most. From heartbreak to healing, loss to laughter, we're here to listen, learn, and grow together. This is more than just a podcast — it's a space for real talk, real friendship, and the beautiful messiness of being human.Music by Ruel Thomas. Check him out at ruelmusic.com

Vanessa died before Dalton could grant her immortality. Clinging to the faint hope that his wife might return, he subsists on blood and memories through the centuries. Like a phantom sleepwalking through time — always waiting, always searching — he drifts from town to town until the impossible happens. She's there. She might not remember him or their life together. She might have a different name and different life, but he would know the heart fate stole from him anywhere. And now he's faced with an immortal's cruellest dilemma. Does he reclaim what's his or honor her new life?

As captain for the Boston Blades, I've spent years working toward bringing home the Stanley Cup. But when the owners sell us out to Hollywood, suddenly we're not just playing for thousands of fans, we're cracking open our lives on Getting Pucked, a new reality show. I agree to sign the contract on one condition: They hire New England's reigning queen of media to call the shots. Holly Belliveaux Carter. The woman who drives me to insanity and turns me on with nothing but a quirk of her lips and the sound of her laugh. The only woman I've ever loved. The problem? She's my ex-wife.

Roland y su ka-tet han conseguido escapar de la ciudad de Lud a bordo de Blaine, el tren enloquecido. Vencen a este último en un concurso de adivinanzas y siguen su camino hacia la Torre Oscura. Roland ahora cuenta su historia, una historia trágica de traiciones y de destierro, sin hogar, entregado a una búsqueda quizá imposible. Pero lo que fundamentalmente narra Roland es la historia de su primer amor, Susan Delgado, y probablemente el único verdadero de su vida, y de las maniobras para separarlos.

A Thousand Lifetimes will resonate with everything you knew, and hoped, was true. Here is the very real story of one woman’s life with rescue animals, and in particular, Celeste — a beloved canine who found a home in the author’s heart and never left. Celeste was plagued with a number of mysterious health problems. But despite being deaf, and being a dog, Celeste was able to communicate everything she was experiencing, thinking, and feeling through Carol, a professional Animal Communicator with the ability to converse with animals telepathically.